AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF BLANK PAGES AND BOUNDING BOXES FOR BINARY IMAGES

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EP 0 768 000 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	16.04.1997 Bulletin 1997/16

(21)	Application number: 95906815.0

(22)	Date of filing: 11.01.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06K 9/ 20^{( . )}
G06F 3/ 048^{( . )}
G06T 5/ 00^{( . )}
H04N 1/ 38^{( . )}

G06F 3/ 023^{( . )}
G06T 1/ 00^{( . )}
H04N 1/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/000402

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/001019 (11.01.1996 Gazette 1996/03)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

29.06.1994 US 19940268219

(71)	Applicant: WANG LABORATORIES, INC.
	Lowell, MA 01851 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	KNOWLTON, Kenneth, C. Merrimack, NH 03054 (US)

(74)	Representative: Behrens, Dieter, Dr.-Ing., et al
	Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)

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